Thinking Out Loud: Growing Up with the Missouri River

Dan and Connie Burkhardt were guests of Darren Hellwege on a recent episode of Thinking Out Loud. The Burkhardt's discussed their recent book, Growing Up with the River in advance of their September 19 lecture on the MU campus.

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In their new book, Growing up on the Missouri, authors Dan and Connie Burkhardt have written a young adult book that tells the stories of a series of Missouri youth through the river towns they call home. Darren Hellwege talked with the Burkhardts in advance of their September 19 lecture on the MU campus.

Targeted towards a younger audience, the book tells the history of the authors' families through descriptions of a string of Missouri River towns. The book “…aims to help educate and groom the next generation of conservationists in Missouri,” said Connie Burkhardt. She added that the book can be a great primer for the curious reader wanting to know more about the history and geography of the Missouri River region. The book takes readers on a tour of Missouri River towns that range from rural hamlets, like the authors' hometown Marthasville to booming Chesterfield. side of the Show-Me State. Growing Up with the River addresses key moments in Missouri’s past and illuminates how the Missouri River played a role following those major occurrences.

A group show currently on display at MU's George Caleb Bingham Gallery draws on works from multiple mediums to address the impact of sexual assault. The show's co-curators - Katina Bitsicas and Lee Ann Woolery - and Melissa Kreider, a photographer featured in 'It Happened', were guests on a recent episode of Thinking Out Loud.

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The co-curators and a photographer featured in the group show 'it happened' are guests on a recent episode of KBIA's Thinking Out Loud.

On this episode of Thinking Out Loud, learn the story of Lloyd Gaines, a black student admitted to the University of Missouri who disappeared after a US Supreme Court case granted him access to the institution. KBIA's Darren Hellwege hosts.

The name Lloyd Gaines looms large in the history of the University of Missouri. Historian James Endersby recently co-authored a University of Missouri Press book that examines the impact of Gaines' case on integration efforts in Missouri and across the nation. Endersby talked with KBIA's Darren Hellwege for this week's Thinking Out Loud.